Point MacKenzie Correctional Farm

A small minimum-security work and farm camp for sentenced men at Point MacKenzie in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, near Wasilla.

Overview

Point MacKenzie Correctional Farm is a state facility for men operated by the Alaska Department of Corrections. It is at Point MacKenzie, in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, across Knik Arm from Anchorage and reached by road from the Wasilla area. It is a small minimum-security camp that houses sentenced men.

Alaska DOC assigns one of four custody levels — Community, Minimum, Medium, or Close — based on factors that include risk and needs, and a person’s custody level can change during incarceration. People held at Point MacKenzie are in minimum custody. The custody class and housing held at a given facility affect visiting arrangements, so families confirm the arrangement that applies to the specific person before a first visit.

What Makes the Point MacKenzie Correctional Farm Different

Point MacKenzie Correctional Farm is a small minimum-security work and farm camp for sentenced men. It is one of the smallest facilities in the Alaska system and is distinct in mission from the state’s larger correctional centers.

It shares the Point MacKenzie area with Goose Creek Correctional Center, which is a separate, much larger medium-security prison. The two are different facilities, and a person can be at one but not the other. Because the names and the location are easy to confuse, families confirm which facility the person is in on VINELink (select Alaska) before traveling or sending anything.

Visiting

The statewide AK DOC rules above — the approved visitor list, the dress code, ID, and item limits — apply at the Point MacKenzie Correctional Farm. The facility’s own arrangements:

Getting There and Parking

Point MacKenzie Correctional Farm is at Point MacKenzie, in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, with a Wasilla mailing address. Point MacKenzie sits across Knik Arm from Anchorage; by road it is reached from the Wasilla area, and the drive from Anchorage is longer than the straight-line distance because the route goes around Knik Arm through the Mat-Su area. The nearest large commercial airport is in Anchorage.

Parking is on site. Visitors confirm current entry procedures, the visitor-processing location, and what may be brought onto the grounds with the facility before arriving, because electronic devices and personal items are generally not permitted inside.

Nearby Services

Point MacKenzie is a rural area with few services nearby; the closest concentration of lodging, dining, fuel, and shopping is in the Wasilla and Palmer area to the north and east. Emergency medical care is available in the Mat-Su area, with larger hospitals in the Anchorage area. Visitors traveling a long distance generally find the most options for food, fuel, and overnight stays in the Wasilla–Palmer corridor and in Anchorage.

Mail

Alaska DOC does not use an off-site mail vendor. Incoming personal mail goes directly to the facility, where mail staff open and inspect it for contraband before delivery. Address personal mail with the person’s full name and prisoner number, the facility name, and the facility’s mailing address:

[Prisoner’s full name and number] Point MacKenzie Correctional Farm PO Box 877730 Wasilla, AK 99687

Use a plain white envelope and white paper, and write only in blue or black ink or pencil. Mail without a complete return address that includes the sender’s name is destroyed. Greeting cards must be commercially produced, single-fold, on standard card stock, and no larger than 6 by 8 inches. Photographs must be printed on plain white or photographic paper and unaltered. Stickers, labels, glitter, tape, and anything attached with adhesive are not allowed (postal-service labels are an exception), and sexually explicit material is prohibited.

Legal and other privileged mail (for example, mail with an attorney) goes to the facility marked “Privileged” and is handled separately. Books, magazines, newspapers, and other publications must be ordered from an approved vendor and shipped directly to the facility — a family member can place the order, but the person must have funds to pay for it in advance. Packages are accepted only from approved vendors through the commissary; friends and family cannot send gift packages. Contact the facility for its current approved-vendor list.

Learn More

• Visiting an Alaska prison — Approved visitor lists, the per-facility scheduling and appointment norms, dress code, ID, and what to expect at remote facilities.
• Sending mail in Alaska — How to address personal mail to the facility, the white-envelope rules, and how to order books, publications, and packages from approved vendors.
• Phone calls and video in Alaska — Setting up a Securus AdvanceConnect account, how calls are billed, free monthly calls, and the rules on three-way and forwarded calls.
• Sending money in Alaska — How to put money on an Offender Trust Account in person or by mail, who is allowed to deposit, accepted forms, and the monthly limit.
• Medical care in Alaska prisons — How health, dental, and mental-health care work in DOC facilities, co-pay amounts, and how to request care.
• Intake, classification, and transfers in Alaska — The booking process, the four custody levels, and how people are housed in Alaska’s unified jail-and-prison system.